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DIY: Installing Active Humbuckers in a Gibson Les Paul
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Upgrade Les Paul: Active Humbuckers!

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DIY: Replacing Strat Single-Coils with Stacked Humbuckers
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DIY: Replacing Strat Single-Coils with Stacked Humbuckers

DIY: How to Wire a Guitar Output Jack
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DIY: How to Wire a Guitar Output Jack

DIY: How to Choose Your Bass Strings
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DIY: How to Choose Your Bass Strings

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DIY: How to String a Classical Guitar
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DIY: How to String a Classical Guitar

DIY: How to Adjust Your Guitar's Neck Relief & Truss Rod—Plus, Fix Your Action | Helmer’s How-Tos
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DIY: How to Adjust Your Guitar's Neck Relief & Truss Rod—Plus, Fix Your Action | Helmer’s How-Tos

Mod Garage: How to Do a Spin-a-Split Wiring
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Mod Garage: How to Do a Spin-a-Split Wiring

This mod enables variable splitting of humbucker pickups, allowing you to easily blend your desired amount of humbucker and split-coil tones.

Helmer's How-Tos: 8 Steps to Float Your Strat Trem
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Helmer's How-Tos: 8 Steps to Float Your Strat Trem

Mod Garage: The Alternative Brent Mason Telecaster Wiring
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Mod Garage: The Alternative Brent Mason Telecaster Wiring

Here’s a workaround to get a similar configuration without having a third pickup. Plus, this serious tone weapon can be integrated into any given Telecaster wiring.

How to Change Pickup Wires (& Why)
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How to Change Pickup Wires (& Why)

It’s not difficult to replace the wiring in your pickups, but it takes some finesse. Here’s a step-by-step guide.

DIY: Seven Ways to Soup Up Your New Guitar
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DIY: Seven Ways to Soup Up Your New Guitar

Luthier Dave Helmer shows you how to cure buzzy strings, bad intonation, gnarly frets, high action, and other common troubles with off-the-shelf axes.

Mod Garage: The HSS Auto-Split Mod, Pro Version
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Mod Garage: The HSS Auto-Split Mod, Pro Version

If you want the maximum tones out of an HSS-configured guitar, here’s how to wire the switching and eliminate two pet peeves from a basic auto-split wiring.

Spend More Time Playing Your Dang Guitars and Less Time Fixing ’Em
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Spend More Time Playing Your Dang Guitars and Less Time Fixing ’Em

Straight from the builder’s bench—these are the cool tools you need to keep your workflow moving along smoothly.

Mod Garage: The Truth About Putting Vintage Parts Into New Guitars
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Mod Garage: The Truth About Putting Vintage Parts Into New Guitars

To swap or not to swap? Let’s explore some situations when it makes sense to replace hardware … and instances when it doesn’t.

How to Relic Your Guitar Neck Pt. 1
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How to Relic Your Guitar Neck Pt. 1

We’re almost finished with the aging process on our project guitar. Let’s work on the fretboard, nut, and truss rod cover, and prepare the headstock for the last hurrah.